Transfer-ticket.



PATENTED NOV. 2l, 1905.

W. C. POPE.

TRANSFER TGKET.

APPLICATION FILM 53.10, 1905.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

TRANSFER-TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed February 10, 1905. Serial No. 245,131.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it vknown that I, WILLIAM C.' POPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Transfer -Tickets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in transfer-tickets, more particularly in what are termed time-limit transfer-tickets for use by street-railways, traction companies, &c., for transferring passengers from the car of one line to the car of another line at a given transferpoint; and the object is to enable the railroad company to make the transfer as quickly as possible and keep absolute check on the conductors and passengers and by this check to be able to ascertain without question whether the transfers have been correctly issued by the conductors and whether used by the passengers according to conditions under which they are issued or whether these conditions have been abused.

A further object of the invention is to provide a transfer-ticket which when used can absolutely prove the correctness of any passengers claim, thereby preventing lawsuits arising out of disputes between the passengers and the railroad company resulting from the privilege of riding on a transfer being denied a passenger by a conductor when, as often happens, a transfer issued for antemeridian is presented for fare for postmeridian, and therefore refused as fare by the conductor.

The transfers in general use to-day are more or less complicated and open to the abuse hereinbefore stated.

In describing the invention in detail refer-A ence is had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention; but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope ofr the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l illustrates a front elevation of the preferred form of transferticket constructed in accordance with this invention, and Eig. 2 a modication. r

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, the transfer-ticket according to this invention consists of a strip of suitable material divided into a body portion 1 and a postmeridian or afternoon coupon 2, detachably connected to one end of the body portion 1. The coupon 2 will be termed the LP. M. coupon, which is an abbreviation of the term postmeridian, and the coupon 2 is detachably connected to a stub 3. The coupon 2 is separated from the body portion by means of a line of suitable perforations or indentations 4, and the coupon 2 is separated from the stub 3 by a line of perforations or indentations 5. The perforations or indentations 4 or 5 enable the body portion to be readily separated from the coupon 2 or the coupon 2 readily separated from the stub 3.

'Ihe body portion 1 is provided with a column of abbreviations, as at 6, to indicate the months of the year, and also provided with two columns of numerals, as at 7 to indicate the days of the month. Any suitable arrangement for indicating the month of the year or day of the month can be employed, and that illustrated is by Way of example. The body portion 1 is also provided with an inscription, as at 8, to indicate the name of the railroad issuing the transfer, and, furthermore, with a suitable designatory inscription, as at 9, for example, instructions to the passenger to explain when and how the transferticket is required to be used. The body portion l has a plurality of inscriptions, as at 10, indicating the transferpoints and also provided with the conductors number, as at 11. Conventional indications for indicating the hour and the fractions thereof are also upon the body portion 1, as at 12 12a, 12b 12e, 121 12e, the fractions being indicated by enlarged figures and in a diiferent color from that of the hours. A column offigures, as at 13, is also provided on the body portion for the even hours without any fractions. The conventional indications 12 12a, 12b 12, 12d 12e and the column of figures 13 constitute a complete time limit and become an antemeridian time limit if the coupon 2 is not issued with the body portion 1 or ybecome a postmeridian time limit if the coupon 2 is issued with and attached to the body portion l. The body portion of each ticket is correspondingly numbered with the coupon 2, as indicated by the reference characters 15 16, respectively. The transfer-tickets are consecutively numbered. A legend as follows, If no coupon attached hour punched is A. M. hour, is upon the body portion 1, as at 17. The day of the month is also indicated by an enlarged figure, as at 14.

The coupon 2 is provided with an abbreviay at 11,

`fallen ofi' or become detached since issued and yissued antemeridian, no matter what the pas- .senger or conductor may claim.

tion, as at 18, to indicate the name of the rail-V road and isfurthcr provided with the following notice: Not good if detached. This coupon denotes that the hour punched on body of 101,012 transfer is P. M. hour.

, The coupon 2 may be printed of a diferent color to that of the body portion 1. r1`he printed mattei' upon the body portion 1 or coupon 2 may be of any style desired, as well as any arrangement. The coupon 2 may also be provided with the conductors number, as

When the ticket is to be issued, it is punched in the necessary manner, and if the transfer is issued in theforenoon the coupon 2 is detached from the body portion 1, and if the transfer is used in the afternoon the coupon 2 forms a continuation of the body portion, but is detached from the stub 3. Before issuing the transfer the time limit is punched in the proper manner by the conductor.

From the foregoing description it is evident that a transfer-ticket is set up which consists of abody, a single coupon, and a stub, said body bearing a time limit and the coupon a legend to the effect that when thc time limit on the body is punched and issued to the passenger when unaccompanied by the coupon it is an antemeridian transfer, but when issued to the passenger accompanied by the coupon its legend denotes that the time limit punched is postmeridian, so that if the body is issued without the coupon attached it can only designate antemeridian transfer, while if issued with coupon attached and punched it can only designate postmeridian transfer and the passenger or unscrupulous employee would have no object in detaching the coupon, as the transferis dated, and therefore cannot be used for the next morning, the present morning of course being past when postmeridian transfers begin to be issued.

Should a transfer be issued for antemeridianvthat is, the body detached without any coupon-and given to the passenger and the passenger tried to use it postmeridian, saying it was issued for postmeridian with the coupon attached, but that the coupon had the coupon lost, the management takes the transfer over which the passenger and conductor have had the dispute, refers to the conductors number, calls up that conductor, refers to the consecutive or check number on the body of the transferyand getting the original pad from the conductor (as the transfer-tickets are issued in pad-like form with the stubs secured together) from which this transfer was issued, refers to the duplicate check-number on the coupon, and if it is in the pad from which the transfer was issued it proves conclusively that the transfer was If the stub l is not there, it shows conclusively that the transfer was issued `to the passenger with the stub attached, and must therefore be postmeridian.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 2 the transfer-ticket is substantially the same, with the exception that the coupon 2 is provided with the postmeridian time limit, as indicated by the reference character 19, and the body 1 is provided with the antemeridian time limit 20. The legend or inscription 17 on the ticket shown in Fig. 1 is -dispensed with in the form of ticket shown in Figg2, and the inscription upon thecoupon 2 of Fig. 2 is somewhat different from thaton the coupon 2 of Fig. 1. For example, the notice or inscription on the coupon 2of.Fig.2 reads as follows: 1). M. Transfer notgood for passage if this coupon.1()1,012 is detached from body of ticket,77 as at 21; but this latter notice meanssubstantially thesame thing as the notice or inscription on the coupon2 of Fior. 1; otherwise than that, as stated, the ticket shown in Fig. 2 is substantially the Vsame `as that shown in Figll, the same-reference characters being applied thereto. The ticket shown in Fig. 2 is used substantially in l they same manner as that shown in Fig. 1.

The inscriptions-and time limits upon the transfer-tickets lillustrated arepshown by Way of example; but any arrangement of..inscrip tions, time limits, or other designations suitable for the purpose may be employed.

Having thus fully described vmy invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv- 1. A transfer-ticket comprisinga body portion and a coupon, said body portion and coupon bearing conventional indications to constitute an antcmeridianA transfer-ticket when said body portion is used separately and a postmeridian transfer-ticket when used together.

2. A transfer-ticket comprising a body portion and a coupon, said body portion and coupon bearing conventional indications to constitute an antemeridian transfer-ticket when said body portion is usedseparately and a postmeridian transfer-ticket when used together, said coupon and body portion being correspondingly numbered to constitute 'a check.

3. A transfer-ticketcomprising.a body portion and a coupon, said coupon and body portion bearing conventional indications to constitute, respectively, a postmeridian-indicating coupon and an-antemeridian-indicating body portion.

11. A. transfer-ticket consistingof `a body portion and a coupon and lfurther-provided with conventional indications to constitute a postmeridian-indicating coupon and an ante- 1neridian-indicating body portion.

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7. A transfer-ticket comprising a body portion and a coupon and further provided with conventional indications to constitute an antemeridian transfer-ticket When said body portion is used separately and a postrneridian transfer-ticket When used together.

8. A transfer-ticket comprising a body portion and a coupon and further provided with conventional indications to constitute a complete transfer-ticket for one part of the day When said body portion is used separately and a complete transfer-ticket for another part of the day when said body portion and coupon are used together.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

VILLIAM C. POPE.

Vitnesses:

PHILIP C. SNOW, DE WITT C. GRIFFITHS. 

